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Dishin & Swishin 09/18/14 Podcast: USA Basketball adds players in Paris, Mechelle Voepel ranks the WNBA’s teams

Dishin & Swishin 09/18/14 Podcast: USA Basketball adds players in Paris, Mechelle Voepel ranks the WNBA’s teams

[display_podcast] This is one of those weeks you would call a “tweener.” The WNBA season is over, the FIBA world championship is coming and the NCAA season is on the horizon. So there is not…

USA national team begins to take shape with exhibition victory over Canada, 76-51

Photo gallery BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – With the first cut behind them, thirteen United States senior national team hopefuls played in something other than a split-squad game for the first time, facing Canada before 7,484 fans…

USA Basketball women’s national team roster set for exhibition versus Canada

USA Basketball women’s national team roster set for exhibition versus Canada

From USA Basketball: Monday, September 15, 7 p.m. ET, Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut. TV: ESPN2. The roster for the 2014 USA Basketball Women’s National Team, which tipped-off training camp on Sept. 8 in…

Dishin & Swishin 09/11/14 Podcast: Talking WNBA Finals and USA Basketball tryouts with AP’s Doug Feinberg

Dishin & Swishin 09/11/14 Podcast: Talking WNBA Finals and USA Basketball tryouts with AP’s Doug Feinberg

[display_podcast] USA Basketball Training Camp Photo Gallery We are nearing the conclusion of the WNBA season, but it is also just the beginning for USA Basketball and their quest for the title at the World…

USA Basketball announces 33-member 2014-16 player pool for the World Championship and Olympics

USA Basketball announces 33-member 2014-16 player pool for the World Championship and Olympics

The 33-player 2014-16 USA Basketball Women’s National Team pool was announced today. It includes 14 Olympic and/or FIBA World Championship gold medalists. The pool will supply payers for the 2014 USA World Championship Team and,…

Dishin & Swishin 10/17/13 Podcast: Women’s National Team Director Carol Callan looks at the past, present and future of USA Basketball

Dishin & Swishin 10/17/13 Podcast: Women’s National Team Director Carol Callan looks at the past, present and future of USA Basketball

[display_podcast] The WNBA season is in the books and NCAA teams are practicing for the upcoming season. With the lull in the action, it seemed like a great time this week to catch up with…

University of Connecticut’s Geno Auriemma to return as 2013-16 USA Basketball Women’s National Team head coach

From USA Basketball: USA Player Reactions University of Connecticut’s Naismith Hall of Fame and Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Geno Auriemma, who guided the USA Basketball Women’s National Team to gold medals at the…

Dishin & Swishin 8/01/13 Podcast: Celebrating USA Gold with coaches Sherri Coale and Katie Meier; Monique Currie and the Mystics, Camille Little and the Storm look to hold on

Dishin & Swishin 8/01/13 Podcast: Celebrating USA Gold with coaches Sherri Coale and Katie Meier; Monique Currie and the Mystics, Camille Little and the Storm look to hold on

[display_podcast] It has certainly been a golden summer for USA Basketball. First, the USA World University Games team won the gold medal Kazan, Russia. Loaded with guards and short on centers, USA Basketball swept through…

2013 EuroLeague Final Eight play begins March 18

The EuroLeague Final Eight is set for March 18-24, 2013 in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Clubs are divided into two round robin groups of four teams each. The makeup of the two groups is based on the team’s…

Allison McNeill steps down as coach of Canada’s women’s basketball team

From Canada Basketball: Allison McNeill, who culminated her 11th year at the helm by leading Canada on an inspiring run to the quarter-finals at the Olympic Games in London this past summer, today announced her retirement…

Dishin & Swishin 8/23/12 Podcast: A look at USA Basketball’s entry into the 3×3 World Championships with the team and program director

Dishin & Swishin 8/23/12 Podcast: A look at USA Basketball’s entry into the 3×3 World Championships with the team and program director

[display_podcast] Do you remember taking the SAT exams when you were getting ready for college? There was that section of analogy questions that everybody hated. Here is one of those for you. As beach volleyball…

2012 FIBA 3×3 World Championship for Women

WHEN: August 23-26, 2012 WHERE: Athens, Greece DESCRIPTION: Twenty-four national teams play for gold under FIBA’s 3×3 basketball rules FIBA 3×3 RULES: http://www.usabasketball.com/rules/fiba_3x3_rules.html USA ROSTER: Chiney Ogwumike, Skylar Diggins, Bria Hartley and Ann Storther COUNTRIES/GROUPS…

Dishin & Swishin 8/15/12 Podcast: A Roundtable recap of the Olympics and preview of the returning WNBA season

Dishin & Swishin 8/15/12 Podcast: A Roundtable recap of the Olympics and preview of the returning WNBA season

[display_podcast] I’m so psyched for the return of the WNBA this week that we are not even going to wait until Thursday for this week’s Dishin & Swishin podcast! The roundtable is back this week!…

Australian Liz Cambage’s dunk in win over Russia is first for women’s basketball in Olympic history

Australian Liz Cambage’s dunk in win over Russia is first for women’s basketball in Olympic history

Australian 20-year-old center Liz Cambage became the first woman to dunk in Olympic history in a 70-66 victory over previously unbeaten Russia at the 2012 London Games. [Video] At 6:18 in the third quarter, Cambage…

2012 Olympics: Women’s basketball statistical leaders

Statistical leaders after three games of the preliminary round of women’s basketball in the 2012 London Olympics. Games resume Friday. [Full schedule] Scoring | Rebounding | Assists Updated: Saturday, August 4, 2012 Points Group A…

2012 Olympics: Women’s basketball, day one recap and results

2012 Olympics: Women’s basketball, day one recap and results

China started the day on a 15-4 run against the Czech Republic and won their first game of the Games, 66-57. The Czechs tried to get back into the match and at the end of…

USA Basketball cumulative statistics for 2012 pre-Olympic exhibition games

USA Basketball cumulative statistics for 2012 pre-Olympic exhibition games

Exhibition Games/Results May 12, 2012 – China – 100-62 July 16, 2012 – Brazil – 99-67 July 18, 2012  – Great Britain – 88-63 July 21, 2012 – Croatia – 109-55 July 22, 2012 –…

Dishin & Swishin 7/19/12 Podcast: AP’s Doug Feinberg breaks down women’s basketball at the 2012 London Olympics

Dishin & Swishin 7/19/12 Podcast: AP’s Doug Feinberg breaks down women’s basketball at the 2012 London Olympics

Doug Feinberg has been the Associated Press’s lead writer for women's basketball coverage for several years. He has been to Final Fours and WNBA Finals, and seemingly every other high-profile event, including the 2008 Beijing…

Dishin & Swishin 7/13/12 Podcast: Summer 2012 is a good time to be Becky Hammon!

Dishin & Swishin 7/13/12 Podcast: Summer 2012 is a good time to be Becky Hammon!

The last time she was a guest on Dishin & Swishin, Hammon was with fellow legends of Liberty days past: Teresa Weatherspoon, Rebecca Lobo, Vickie Johnson, Sue Wicks, and Kym Hampton. Today's Dishin & Swishin…

Quarterfinal round set at FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women

Quarterfinal round set at FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women

Update 6/30/2012 Results, Friday, June 29 Croatia 59, Canada 56 Czech Republic 53, Japan 47 Turkey 72, Argentina 58 France 80, Korea 63 Fifth place quarterfinal matchups for the last spot in the Olympic pool France vs.…

Dishin & Swishin 4/12/12 Podcast: USA Basketball’s Carol Callan on the Olympics, Jeanette Pohlen remembers Draft Day 2011

Dishin & Swishin 4/12/12 Podcast: USA Basketball’s Carol Callan on the Olympics, Jeanette Pohlen remembers Draft Day 2011

So is anyone else going through withdrawal with no women's basketball games to watch on television? It is that unfortunate time in between the end of the college season and the beginning of the WNBA…

Dishin & Swishin December 15, 2011 Podcast: Nneka & Chiney Ogwumike & Ros Gold-Onwude…on hoops, the Pink Room, and their Nigerian heritage

Dishin & Swishin December 15, 2011 Podcast: Nneka & Chiney Ogwumike & Ros Gold-Onwude…on hoops, the Pink Room, and their Nigerian heritage

Dishin & Swishin December 15, 2011 Podcast: Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike plus Ros Gold-Onwude on hoops, the Pink Room, and their Nigerian heritage. We also talked about a great idea for Coach Tara to celebrate…

Ros Casares fires head coach Natalia Hejkova, Maya Moore to join the team soon

Ros Casares fires head coach Natalia Hejkova, Maya Moore to join the team soon

Ros Casares (8-2) fired coach Natalia Hejkova Wednesday night. The Spanish team, a powerhouse in the EuroLeague, dismissed the coach after Ros Casares defeated Lotos Gydnia that evening 84-70. Roberto Iñiguez takes over as the…

USA women win 2010 FIBA World Championship, beat Czech Republic 89-69

Box Score The USA beat the Czech Republic, 89-69, in the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women on Sunday. A full arena of over 7,000 fans including the country’s leaders, cheered on the home team.…

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